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Jason Sills, MPA
Award winning, creative, and results driven professional with 10+ years of experience in operations, supply chain management, and analytics. Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates internal operations, assigned systems, processes and procedures. Extensive experience in startup operations, strategic planning, social impact metrics, cost reduction, supply chain analytics, budget management, client management, outsource strategies, inventory management, team management, project management, and strategic planning.
Selected Positions
Founder and CEO
Cilitica
Salt Lake City, UT
2020
- Cilitica provides performance management and measurement systems helping organizations turn their strategic goals into measurable impact.
- Cilitica leverages data science and analytics for citizen-focused organizations including cultural institutions, governments, nonprofits, and social enterprises with expertise in Tableau, PowerBI, and R
- Citiltica uses a host of performance management and measurement tools including strategic planning, Balanced Scorecards, operations dashboards, and social impact metrics
Director for Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2020
- Direct Assessment, Evaluation, and Research team improving the social impact measurement, operational excellence, and customer service of over 20 departments in the Division of Student Affairs.
- Restructuring and rebranding department as the Office of Assessment, Planning, and Analytics to expand scope and scale of department including advanced data science, performance-based budgeting, balanced scorecards, and strategic planning.
Senior Manager, Ecommerce Operations and Supply Chain
Sugar Mountain (beechershandmadecheese.com, mishimareserve.com)
Seattle, WA
2020 - 2018
- Directed end-to-end supply chain management and operations for two ecommerce sites; managed 3PL and vendor relationships; managed inventory and procurement in a fast-paced start-up environment; created and managed environmentally responsible package collateral, generated operating KPIs and reporting; managed ecommerce data and analytics, pricing strategy, COGs, and P&L.
- Launched supply chain and operations for new business unit and product line for ecommerce start-up. Scaled operations, increased SKUs 300%+, and reduce outbound shipping costs 40%.
- Built 3PL network reducing inbound costs 40-60% and outbound costs 50% and reduced click-to-ship lead time by 7-10 days.
Senior Manager, Fulfillment Analytics and Process Improvements
Backcountry.com
Salt Lake City, UT
2018 - 2013
- Directed operations and fulfillment analytics for end-to-end SCM, formulated and executed $50M+ operating budget; responsible for 1, 3, and 5 year strategic departmental planning; worked collaboratively with multiple departments reducing costs, improving quality, increase revenues, and scaling operations; formulate operational scorecards, dashboards, and KPI creation; implementation of Lean & Six Sigma initiatives; provided staffing forecasts and ad-hoc analyses for 200+ employees across multiple fulfillment centers.
- Provided strategy for permeant free 2-day delivery, expanded outbound delivery options, reduced outbound shipping costs over 100 bps per year as a percent to revenue.
- Analyzed complex datasets for ad-hoc fulfillment analyses resulting in $5M+ cost avoidance.
Deputy Data Director, GOTV Ops and Supply Chain
Obama for America
Des Moines, IA
2012
- Managed statewide get-out-the-vote projects; managed voter database; built neighborhood teams of over 150 volunteers; recruited Obama for America Fellows; managed phone banks, canvass teams, and data entry training.
- Directed 112 staff members creating over 10K individual volunteer canvassing maps and call lists covering the entire state of Iowa.
- Led construction of a robust data team managing thousands of records, recruiting hundreds of volunteers, and providing lists and maps for Utah<U+0092>s field team.
Education
MS Program Evaluation and Data Analytics
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
2021 - 2019
- Program evaluation design, statistical modeling, data analytics, and visualization with a focus on cultural institutions.
MPA
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
2015 - 2014
- Public sector budgeting, policy analysis, regulatory policy analysis, program evaluation, quantitative and qualitative research, and organizational development.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
2015
- Lean Six Sigma with focus on public sector organizations
BS Economics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2012 - 2006
- Econometrics, economic development, international economics, public finance
- Integrated Tableau to visualize social impact metrics, operations, and survey results for novel insights and improved management.
BS Political Science
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2012 - 2006
- International relations, foreign policy, comparative politics, research design, political analysis
BA History
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2012 - 2006
- Diplomatic history, Chinese history, History of Science
Social Impact Measurement Certificate
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
2020